 All right, today it's time for another book review. A classic. A classic in the running literature. The Serious Runner's Handbook by Tom Osler. So I think I first saw this book mentioned on Facebook in some running group that I was, that I mean some people were talking about it and it intrigued me. I kind of like, you know, old stuff, old school classics, that sort of thing. And yeah, this one was certainly in that category. Let's see when it's from 1978. So that's 40 years ago. So that's a while. Excellent book, though. Still, you know, current today. What I really like about this book is the style. It's essentially a Q&A. It's just one long Q&A. Answers to hundreds of your running questions. So you never get bored because it's basically just like this. Questions and answers style. So there's question number 43, and then he answers it. Question number 44, he answers it. And then there are obviously there's different chapters with different focus. We can, I can tell you the chapter names. So there's three parts. The first part is called training smartly. The second is staying healthy. And the third is racing quickly. So training, racing, and just staying healthy while running. So things like base and sharpening work, planning a base schedule, planning a sharpening schedule, a peaking basically. Injuries and illnesses, choosing and changing shoes, eating and drinking, hot, cold, wet, techniques and tactics, racing the marathon, racing an ultra marathon, etc. And currently I'm reading The Lore of Running by Timothy Nokes, excellent book. And he's actually referring to Tom also a few times as a pioneer somewhat of some of the ideas. You know, there are some of the big guys within running. People like Arthur Liddiard, Jack Daniels, people that are really Pete Fitzinger, people that are really, you know, pioneered certain ways of thinking in terms of training. Tom also is one of those guys pretty much has a lot of cool ideas. Some of the cool questions in here are things like, is it necessary to follow the schedule religiously? If I feel tired before running, should I just skip that workout? Why is it important to begin with the relatively low mileage? In a nutshell, what are Liddiard's main ideas? How do you run at an easy pace? What should I eat before a race? Lots of good questions. I like his style, simple, straight to the point. There's not much more to say really. I would say that any serious runner should consider getting this book. I mean, if you like reading and if you like learning like me, this is this is one of the cool little books that you might want to get. I'll put a link in the description. It's going to be an affiliate link and if you want to buy this book, you can click the link. I think it'll take you to Amazon where you could buy it. We'll get a little bit of a commission for sending you there, but the price remains the same for you. So that's just a great way of supporting the project if you're interested. I highly recommend the book. I mean, I go I go through a lot of running books and this one was certainly one of my favorites so far. Just it's so easy because I typically read in bed like before I go to sleep. And sometimes when there's like really long chapters in a book, I end up sort of having to well, I feel like I have to finish the chapter and I might end up reading a little bit too late. Or I have to cut it in like a middle of a chapter, which I don't really like that much. But with this book, because it's just questions. I mean, how many questions are there here? Let's see. 255 questions and answers. You can simply go from one question to the next and stop exactly when you feel like it. Highly recommended. Give this video a like if you like this review. Check out my playlist on other running reviews. I love doing these reviews. Thanks for watching. Please subscribe, of course, if you haven't done this already. I make videos about running, obviously. I make reviews of running books, gear, shoes and vlogs and all that kind of stuff. So hope you're having a good day. See you around.